Arts & Literature

An online audio book library collection for public libraries and their customers. The collection contains 1,000 books!

OverDrive provides Burlington customers with access to the largest collection of new eBooks and audiobooks imaginable—available FREE from the library’s website for browsing, check out, and downloading, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. OverDrive eBooks are compatible with thousands of different devices, making it the most compatible library download service available.

Provides access to over 8,000 eBooks - both fiction and non-fiction. The full-text for all of these eBooks is available either from in the library or at home. All you need is an Internet connection! Some eBooks require Adobe's free Acrobat Reader product, which is easy to download.

BPL now offers a wide range of highly interactive courses. Take each course entirely over the Internet whenever you want to access the course-whether from work, home, school, or elsewhere...24/7, 365 days a year!  All of our courses are led by expert instructors, many of whom are nationally known authors. Courses run for six weeks and new sessions begin monthly. Also, receive a printable certificate upon completion. Take a class on playing the Guitar, using Microsoft products, natural health care, teaching children with ADHD and more. All of this free of charge with your Burlington Public Library Card!

The Gale Virtual Reference Library contains both encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These textbooks might once have only been accessible in the library as a reference tool, but are now readily available online from any computer!

Literature Criticism Online contains the cross-searchable full text of all volumes of Contemporary Literary Criticism and Shakespearean Criticism from the first publication to present.

MasterFILE Premier is a database designed specifically for public libraries. This multidisciplinary resource provides full text information for more than 2,000 popular and academic publications relating to general reference, business, health, education, science and multicultural issues. MasterFILE Premier includes full text coverage of Consumer Reports back to 1991, including the Canada Extra.

NoveList K-8 Plus was developed by librarians and school media specialists, and is easy to use! Just type in an author, title or key words, or browse the database by age group, and you'll access a rich collection of titles, BookTalks, Recommended Reads book lists and more. You'll also find professional resources such as Grab-and-Go Book Lists--vetted lists of high-interest titles on a variety of curriculum-based topics and segmented by grade level. Use BookTalks to generate enthusiasm about reading, or peruse the Curricular Connections to find resources to help lead kids to books.

Sign up for any one of the 8 available online book clubs and begin receiving daily excerpts from a different book each week. Each day we’ll send you a 5-minute excerpt and by the end of the week, you’ll have read 2-3 chapters! New books are featured each week--starting Monday.

TumbleBook Library is an interactive database for children to follow along as their favourite books come to life with graphics and sound in English, French, and Spanish!